A Crown of Thorns (Nick Barrett Mystery Series #2)

When a girl from the wrong side of Charleston tries to sell a seventeenth-century painting stolen thirty years before, Nick Barrett is asked to look into the mystery. His reluctant investigation collides with a woman desperate to free herself and her child from a cult. As the web of deceit widens, Nick unearths a secret hidden beneath the surface of Charleston's high society. Nick's journey leads to his discovery that God's grace must not only be accepted but shared. Nick Barrett returns in Crown of Thorns, a psychological thriller that explores the ultimate mercy - God's grace.